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ashraf
Calcite | Level 5
Greetings:

Is there a simple solution to calculate mean difference? That is, if I have series, say, X = x1, ..., xn. I can calculate difference of two values defining a new variable as:

d_X = dif(X);

What if I want to calculate the difference of each observation from the mean of the series? Is there a simple way to do this instead of calculating the mean and then subtracting it from each observation? That is, say,:

d_mX = (X - mean(X));

I am sure there is one, I just cannot find the command. (By the way, "meandif" is not a valid command for this.)

I appreciate your help.

Best,

Mitu Message was edited by: ashraf
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sbb
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 sbb
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
Suggest searching the SAS support http://support.sas.com/ using the website SEARCH facility or possibly using a Google advanced search argument (sample below):

mean difference site:sas.com


Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.
ashraf
Calcite | Level 5
Thanks Scott. One solution that I found late last night was STDIZE procedure.

Mitu

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